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About this journal
Aims and scope
Landscape History is the leading interdisciplinary, international journal of the Society for Landscape Studies.
The aim of the journal is to promote the study of the landscape in all its aspects. It provides a forum for all those concerned with the material and cultural evaluation of human use of the land. The ultimate intention is to secure a more penetrating comprehension of landscape evolution and an overall narrative account of landscape prehistory and history, together with an understanding of how this has influenced, and may usefully guide, the management of the present-day landscape.
To this end, Landscape History publishes quality research in a variety of fields and from a range of perspectives, which helps improve understanding of the landscape and its physical and cultural contexts. The Editor welcomes submissions both from, and about, any part of the world.
Peer Review Statement
All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by at least two independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 13K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.511 (2023) SNIP
- 0.148 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 50 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor:
Dr Della Hooke, University of Birmingham, UK
Reviews Editor:
Dr James Bowen, Lancaster University, UK
Advisory Board:
Professor Hugh Clout, University College London, UK
Professor Robert Dodgshon, University of Aberystwyth, UK
Professor Chris Dyer, University of Leicester, UK
Professor Mark Edmonds, University of York, UK
Dr Margaret Faull, National Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield, UK
Professor Andrew Fleming, University of Wales, Lampeter, UK
Dr David Harvey, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Dr John Hunt, University of Birmingham, UK
Professor Richard Jones, University of Leicester, UK
Professor Diego Moreno, University of Genoa, Italy
Professor Kenneth Olwig, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Professor Ingvild Øye, University of Bergen, Norway
Dr Pietro Piana, Genova, Italy
Dr Mark Riley, University of Liverpool, UK
Dr Stephen Rippon, University of Exeter, UK
Dr Xavier Rochel, University of Lorraine, France
Professor Brian Short, University of Sussex, UK
Professor Ian Simpson, University of Stirling, UK
Professor Anne Whiston Spirn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Professor Charles Watkins, University of Nottingham, UK
Professor Mats Widgren, University of Stockholm, Sweden
Tom Williamson, University of East Anglia, UK
Open access
Landscape History is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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